Check-row planter.



No. 742,596. 'PATENTED OCT. 27, 1903.

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WALDO CONARD, OF VVILLOOGKSON, ARKANSAS.

CHECK=ROW PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,596, dated October27, 1903.

Application filed March 21,1903. Serial No. 148,974. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALDO GONARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Willcockson, in the county of Newton and State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Row Planters,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to the class of machinery designed forsowing seed, such as corn, in check-rows, the purpose being to devise anovel mechanism for actuating the seed-dropping mechanism and at thesame time allowing for variation of surface over which the implement istraveling and providing means under the control of the driver to admitof alining the machine at any time, so

as to insure planting of. the seed in straight rows transversely acrossthe field.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand draw 1 ings hereto attached.

- While the essential and characteristic fea tures of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a side elevation of a planter em:-

bodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, on a largerscale, parts being omitted and parts being in section. Fig.3 is a detailview showing more clearly the means for operating the seeding mechanismand yieldably supporting the operating shaft or axle. Fig. 4 is a rearview. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the planter.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The planter maybe of any structural type and, as illustrated, is mountedupon runners or furrow-openers 1, whichcarry the seeding mechanism andthe operating means therefor. The runners'l are rigidly connected bytransverse bars 2, and their lower rear ends are spread to receive thedischarge ends of grain-tubes 3. Hoppers 4 are mounted upon therunner-frame, and the seed -dropping wheels 5, cooperating therewith,are mounted upon shaft 6, journaled in bearings applied to therunner-frame and adapted to be oscillated at proper intervals, so as toeffect a delivery of the grain in time to effect planting of same incheck-rows. The pole or tongue 7 is secured to the runner-frame in anyaccustomed way, and the seat-standard 8 is attached to the rear endthereof in any substantial manner. Shaft 6 is provided with arm 9, towhich one end of spring 10 is connected, the opposite end of said springbeing secured to a suitable part of the machineframe to normally holdthe seed-dropping wheels 5 in position for receiving grain from thehoppers. shaft 6 and curves rearwardly and downwardly and is adapted tobe struck at intervals by tappet 12, applied to operating shaft or axle13. The tappet-arm is adjustable on shaft 6 and is secured in thedesired position by bolts or like fastenings 14, passed through openingsnear the ends of clamp and corresponding openings in the upper end ofarm-11, the parts of 11 and 15 embracing shaft 6 being oppositelydeflected, so as to encircle same. The tappet-arm is slightly resilient,so as to yield and accommodate itself to the varying positions of tappet12 incident to vertical movement of shaft or axle 13 due to unevennessof surface over which the implement'passes.

Operating shaft or axle 13 isprovided at its ends with ground-wheels16,secured thereto for rotation therewith, said ground-wheels beingprovided with markers 17 to indicate the hills or places where the grainhas been planted. The tappet 12 is secured to said shaft or axle andconsists of a wheel and arm 18, the latter being .adjustably connectedto part 13 in substantially the same manner as tappet-arm 11 is securedto shaft 6, thereby admitting of adjustment of the tappet. The shaft oraxle 13 is adapted to move vertically to admit of ground-wheels 16following the contour of the ground over which the machine may be drawn.The bearings 19 are mounted in guides 20 and are provided with stems2l,passed through cross-piece 22, spiral springs 23 being mounted onstems 21 and confined between parts 19 and 22 and normally A tappet-arm11 is secured to exerting a downward pressure on shaft or axle 13 tohold wheels 16 in contact with the ground. The guides 20 may be providedin any manner and are formed at the upper rear edges of runners l and bysame and brackets 23, secured to said runners at their upper and lowerends. The bearings 19 are notched in opposite edges to embrace edgeportions of the guides, so as to prevent longitudinal movement of shaftor axle 13.

It frequently happens that the seed-dropping mechanism gets out of line,particularly when turning the machine prior to recrossing the field, andin order to aline the machine-- that is, to effect a planting of theseed in straight lines transversely of the field-the followinginstrumentalities have been devised: A miter-gear 24 is secured to axleor shaft 13, and a companion miter-gear 25 is applied to the lower endof vertical shaft 26, same being provided at its upper end withcrank-handle 27. Shaft 26 is slidably mounted in bearings applied to aconvenient portion of the framework and is normally held elevated bycoil-spring 28, so as to keep mitergears 24 and 25 separated. When theseed is planting out of line, which may be determined by markers 17,shaft 26 is depressed to bring miter-gear 25 in contact with mitergear24, and shaft 13 may be either retarded by holding shaft 26 stationaryor said shaft may be rotated either forward or backward, as desired, byoperating crank-handle 27. Any one of these operations serve to alinethe machine and cause the grain to be dropped in cheek-rows.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In acheck-row planter, and in combination with the seeding mechanismcomprising a shaft, a tappet-arm, means for adjustably connecting saidtappet-arm to the shaft, an operating-shaft mounted to move vertically,and a tappet having adjustable connection with said operatingshaft andadapted to cooperate with the aforementioned tappet-arm, substantiallyas described.

2. In a check-row planter, and in combination with the seeding mechanismcomprising a shaft, a resilient tappet-arm secured to said shaft andlongitudinally curved, a verticallymovable operating-shaft,and a tappetsecured to said operating-shaft and adapted to engage with the curvedportion of the tappet-arm, substantially as specified.

3. In a planter, and in combination with the planting mechanism, and amarker, the latter comprising a shaft, means for alining the plantingmechanism, same comprising a vertically-movable shaft, cooperating gearsapplied to said vertically-movable shaft and the marker-shaft, thelatter being retarded or advanced by said movable shaft when thecooperating gears are in mesh, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALDO CONARD. 1,. s]

Witnesses:

H. A. STOCKTON, L. O. JOHNSON.

